James Nesbitt Quotes

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan.

James Nesbitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 15, 1965

Topics

CharacterMyselfManMeThought

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

John Hanning Speke

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Once you become known for one thing, it's easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing.

Robert Scoble

EasyYouBecomeOne ThingSecond

I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade.

Anish Kapoor

YouArtistSeriouslyBeyondAlways

On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light.

Michael Haneke

LightSoupTryJokesSentimental

I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies.

Toni Collette

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It don't make no difference where I go or what happens, so long as I can play the full nine.

Rogers Hornsby

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That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner.

Douglas Wood

BusinessOpportunityGreatGrateful

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

William S. Burroughs

SadSadnessDeepPlace

I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they've stayed with me and comforted me.

Paula Fox

PeopleMeBad PeopleBadKindSeen

I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.

Shawn Mendes

GoodThinkCareDoingUpsetAlways

Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it.

Tyson Fury

GodChildChampionForwardYoung

Some of the most moving experiences I've had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights.

Noam Chomsky

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